Whatever isn’t in the Constitution is left for the People & their States

On 8/26/2010 1:06 PM, Sid9 wrote:
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> “Pete10016″ wrote in message
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>> On 4/27/2010 4:03 PM, Pete wrote:
>>> Bravo!
>>> I’ve been saying this ever since Carter established a cabinet level
>>> secretary of education. UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Do we really want a national
>>> curriculum???????????????
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>> You are entirely correct. These things are clearly left to the states.
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> You are both ignorant of our constitution and how it works.
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> The words “welfare” or “general welfare” appear in two places.
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> Education is for the welfare of the American people.

Welfare is *NOT* applied to “The people”

In the Preamble, it applies to *the constitution* as a document that is
written to protect the people *from* government and “that *is* for the
general welfare” of “ourselves and our Posterity”.

And the Preamble is NOT a power given to the Federal Government.

It simply explains the purpose of writing the constitution.

Article 1 Section 8
“to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare
of the United States”

*Welfare of the United States* and the United States “is” the Federal
government.

Amendment 10 tells you that “The United States” is *NOT* the people or
the States.

“Amendment X
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor
prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively,
or to the people”

> Too long have the citizens of our Southern states lagged behind from
> poor education.

You need to be more concerned with “your” education….. if you didn’t
understand the constitution.

Education is not a power given to the Federal government in the
constitution. Try the commerce clause, it’s the standard Socialist grab
bag for creating new Federal powers from thin air.